Suggestions For Foldable Workbench ?

[WhiteVanJack]

Hi,

Could anyone please advise me on what are considered to be decent foldable workbenches, ie, workmate or similar type of unit. Or, are they all much the same in terms of functionality and quality.

Rgds
Jack

 

[gregers]

you wont go wrong with a b/d workmate.

 

[mattylad]

you wont go wrong with a b/d workmate.

Oooh I dunno, looking at the workmates these days they are all made of plastic and cheap fittings.

 

[Deluks]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=12YFREAZYQ06TT6PMGHG

Good reviews.

 

[^woody^]

I have the Stanley Project Centre. I did not like it at first, as its a good idea, light, versatile and doubles as a sack truck ... but it doesn't half wobble about when sawing on it.

But I've got used to it now

Have a look at the the Draper Expert 1000.

I also have a Wolfcraft Mastercut 1000 - which holds a circular saw, jigsaw or router as well as a carpenters vice and other holding and cutting aids. Only problem with this is that I don't know what paint they used, but the black surface marks any bare bit of timber put on it

 

[Harbourwoodwork]

Buy four cheap ones from screwfix for the same price as a posh one,throw an 8x4 sheet on youve got a big work bench you can router on put things together on and rip up sheets without getting stressy ,three in a row with a chop saw in the middle gives you a cross cut bench you have even got adjustable height for off cuts,great for stud work.

 

[KFZ]

After years of workmates bought a machine mart one own one cos it was cheap. Its a bit rubbish, waiting for the cold to snap off the plastic handles and the folding stays are so flimsy that you dare'nt use them to steady it.

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Kev

 

[momist]

Have a look at the the Draper Expert 1000.

I have one of these - and would never recommend it to anyone! The Draper Expert is a wonderful flight of fancy as a machine stand, and utterly useless as a workbench. The overhangs are too small to get clamps under, the aluminium fittings mark up your work, the jaws buckle if you try to get a grip on anything and the whole thing is huge and heavy and takes up all your storage space that should be full of tools you can use.

DON'T DO IT!

 

[Norcon]

Doing a bench build at the moment.
Big, heavy and chunky is the theme of this bench. These are the legs...

This is the top ripped from 12" x 2" planking which will be 8' x 2'..

And this the top milled down to size ready for the glue up.